Tom McBride

Tom McBride was born on October 7th, 1952 in West Virginia. 

Tom McBride (1952-1995)

Friday the 13th Part 2 (1981)
with Amy Steel, Walt Gorney 
and Betsy Palmer

Also on this date:

Dylan Baker was born in 1959

The Addiction

 The Addiction (1995)

dir. Abel Ferrara
written by Abel Ferrara and Nicholas St. John

Released nationwide on October 6th, 1995

A late night convo between
Walken and Taylor

From the controversial director Abel Ferrara who brought us the likes of the cult classic Ms. 45 (1981) and the early slasher The Driller Killer (1979) comes this gritty vampire story set in New York City. The film is shot in black and white and was filmed on location in Manhattan, Greenwich Village and at the New York University.

The Addiction stars Lili Taylor, Edie Falco, Christopher Walken and Annabella Sciorra. Both Walken and Sciorra starred together again in Ferrara's Funeral (1996). Walken had previously worked with him in King of New York (1990). The film itself contains allegories to both addiction and religion, both a recurring theme in Ferrara's work and the vampire genre in general. Whenever I think of this movie the scene that comes to mind is a blood orgy near the end of the film where Lili Taylor regurgitates blood after gorging on too many victims only to go right back at it. The excessive bloodiness in the scene is made that much darker by the fact that it is filmed in black and white.

Relative:

Seven (Technically Nine) Pretty Good Vampire Movies You Might Have Missed

Also on this date:

Britt Ekland was born in 1942

Donald Pleasence

Donald pleasance was born on October 5th, 1919 in Nottinghamshire, England. 

Donald Henry Pleasence (1919-1995)

1984 (1956)

The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965)

THX 1138 (1971)
Directed by George Lucas

Halloween (1978)
Directed by John Carpenter 

Escape From New York (1981)
Directed by John Carpenter 

Prince of Darkness (1987)
Directed by John Carpenter 

Also on this date:

Larry Fine was born in 1902

Relevant:

John Carpenter

Jamie Lee Curtis

P.J. Soles

Donald Pleasence

Nancy Loomis

Debra Hill

Tommy Lee Wallace

Tony Moran

Will Sandin 

Alicia Sliverstone

 Alicia Silverstone was born on October 4th, 1976 in San Francisco, California.

Alicia Silverstone

The Crush (1993)

Clueless (1995)
Written and directed by Amy Heckerling

Batman and Robin (1997)

Vamps (2012)
Directed by Amy Heckerling
with Sigourney Weaver and Taylor Negron 

The Killing of a Sacred Deer (2017)

The Lodge (2019)

Also on this date:

Susan Sarandon was born in 1946

Terror Train

Terror Train Premiered on October 3rd, 1980 in US theaters. 

Terror Train (1980)

The slasher film set on a train was the directorial debut of Roger Spottiswoode. 

Jamie Lee Curtis

Joy Boushel and Vanity

David Copperfield and Vanity

Sandee Currie and Derek McKinnon

TUBI is producing a remake due for release on October 22nd, 2022.

Terror Train (2022)

Also on this Date:

PP Arnold was born in 1946

The Twilight Zone

The Twilight Zone premiered on CBS on October 2nd, 1959.

The Twilight Zone (1959-1964)

Created and hosted by Rod Serling.

Rod Serling 

Where is Everybody? (S1E1)

Nightmare at 20,000 Feet (S5E3 1963)
with William Shatner

Relative:

Outer Limits

The Day The Earth Stood Still

Also on this date:

Richard Hell was born in 1949

Ted Healy

Ted Healy was born on October 1st, 1896 in Kaufman, Texas. 

Creator of The Three Stooges. 

Charles Ernest Lee Nash (1896-1937)

Soup to Nuts (1930)
with Shemp Howard, Moe Howard, Larry Fine 
and Billy Barty

Ted Healy and his Stooges
with Curly Howard 

Meet the Barron (1933)

Relative:

Joe Besser

Joe DeRita

Christine McIntyre

Also on this date:

Night of the Living Dead premiered in 1968

Elvira: Mistress of the Dark

 Elvira: Mistress of the Dark premiered on September 30th, 1988. 

Elvira: Mistress of the Dark (1988)

Cassandra Peterson 

 

 

Edie McClurg and Kate Brown

 

Also on this date:

The Flinstones premiered on ABC in 1960